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PROCLAMATION! 1!
STA-E OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEP RTMEST,
SACRAMENTO. Mar ch Is. 1857,

EXECUTlVE DEP ahIMENT, Z
SACRAMENTO, MAJ ch 10, 1887
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of
California, at its twenty-sevenths session. be-
ginning on the third day of January, A. D..
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, two
thirds of all the members elected to esch of
the two Houses of laid Legislature voting in
favor thereof, proposed the following de-
scribed amendments to the Constitution of
the State of California, to wit:
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
To propose to the people of the State an
amendment to the Constitution OF the
State, relative to the Judiciary Depart
ment.
Resolued, That the Legislature of the State
OF California, AZ its regular sesslon, com
eighteen hundred and eighty'seven two
thirds of all the members elected to each of
the Houses of said Legislature vo,i ing in IA
vor thereof, hereby propose that sections
tion of said Sta.e be amended to read as
follows:
sist of seven Justices The Associate Jus
tices of the Supreme Court, in office at the
time of the adoption of this amendment to
the Constitution are hereby continued in
Office as Justices Of the supreme Court for
the remainder of the terms to which they
were respectively elected. The Justices
shall elect one of their number to be Chief
Justice, and he shall hold the office of Chief
JUS ice of said court for a term of two
years At the expiration OF the term of the
Chief Justice first elected. and every two
years thereafter the Justices shall elect a
Chief Justsce for like term of two years.
An entry of the election OF such Chief Jus
tice shall be made in the minutes of the
court and signed by four Justices. When
ever thereafter yscancy, occurs in the OF,
| fee of Chief Justice. like election shall
| be had to I'LL such Office for the unexpired
| term. The Supreme Court may sit in de-
partments or in bank, and shall always be
| open for the transaction Of business There
sna i be two departments, denOminated, re
spectively, Department One and department
| Two. The Chief Justice shall assign three
of the Justices to each department, and
such assignment may be changed by him
from time to time. ihe Justices shall be
may interc sange with e. ch other by agree
ment among themselves or as ordered by
the Chief Justice. Each OF the departments
shall have the power to hear and determine
causes aud all questions arising therein,
subject to the provisions hereinafter con-
tained in relation to the Court in bank. The
pres ence OF three Justices shall be necessary
to transact any business in either OF the de-
partments, except such as may re done at
chambers, and the concurrence of two Jus
tices shall be necessary to pronounce a
Judgment The Chief Justice shall apportiOn
the business to the Departments and m y,
in his discretion. order sny cause pending
before the Court to be heard ana decided by
the Court in bank. The order may be made
before or after judgment pronounced by a
department.; but wnere a cause has been al
lotted to one of the departments, and judg-
ment pronounced there n, the order mus
be made within thirty days after such judg-
IL ent and concurrl in By twoJustices, and If
SO made it shall have the effect to vacqte and
set aside the judgment. Any four Justices
may, either before or after Judgment by a
department.. order a case to be heard Ia
bank If the order be Lot made wit tnin the
time above limited. the judgment shall be
final. No judgment by department shall
become final until the expiration OF the
period of thirty DAYS aforesaid, unless ap-
proved by the Chief Justice. ia writing,
with the concurrence of two Justices. The
Chief Justice may convene the Court In
hank at any time, and shall be the presiding
Justice OF the Courtwhen so convened. The
concurrence OF four Justices present at the
argument shall be necessary TO pronounce
Judgment in bank; but If four Justices, so
present, do not concur in Judgment, then
sll the Justices qualified to sit in the cause
shall hear the argument; but 10 render q
judgment a concurrence of four Judges
shall be necessary. In the determination
of causes all decisions of the Court in
bank. or in departments. shall be given
in writing and the grounds OF the decision
in either department. and shall preside
when SO sitting, but the Justices assigned
to each department shall select one of their
number as presiding Justice. In case Of
the absence of the Chief Justice from the
pl ce at which the court is held, or his ina.
bility to act, the Associate Justices shall se-
lect one of the own number to perform
the duties and exercise the powers of the
Chief Justice during such absence or ina
bility to act. The Supreme Court Commits.
sion, created by the act OF the Legislature,
approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-fve, shall continu, and be a Su- |
preme Court Commission for four years af- |
ter the adoption of this amendment. Said
commission may be continued for such |
time thereaft as may be fixed by an act |
passed by vote of two-thirds of the elected |
members of each House of the Legislature,
and approved by the Governor. The mem
pointed as in said act provided; and such
commissioners shall be subject to removal
in like manner as the Judges of the Su-
preme Court. Said commission shall have
the same power to hear and determine
causes possessed by department of the
Supreme Court, and causes may be assigned
to the commission In the same manner they
are assigned to department, and after de-
cision they may be ordered heard In bank
as il deci led In department. The judg.
nents Of the commission shall be entered
as the judgments of the court. The COM
mission shall sit at such times and places as
may be designated by the court, but such
judicial functions except when assem-
bled - commission. and then they
ahah only have power TO heeR and deter L
mine suohesusesssn havs been aszignsd L
section 9. The Justices Of the suprsmsl
CouHt shall b elocted By the qualt1e4I /
slectey, Of ne etste e ls5EEs: q thcI fsneF11
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